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Yes, the pianist is Satoh. And the drummer is Takeo Moriyama. That guy doesn't sound like anyone else. His energy level is bonkers!

Terrific record for sure. EDIT Prime EKE here too: All solo, except for the last three cuts.

O.K. That works.

Nice list! But which albums???

Ten solo-piano albums that I love: Richie Beirach - Breathing of Statues (CMP/Magenta) Sir Roland Hanna - Solo Piano: Free Spirit (Storyville) John Hicks - Hick's Time: Solo Piano (Passin' Thru) Andrew Hill - Hommage (East Wind) Earl Hines - Tour de Force (Black Lion) Keith Jarrett - Facing You (ECM) Enrico Pieranunzi - Perugia Suite (EGEA) Mal Waldron - Update (Soul Note) Randy Weston - Marrakech in the Cool of the Evening (Verve) Larry Willis - This Time the Dream's on Me (HighNote) In alphabetical order, not ranked. I've never heard that one. I'm going to add it to my list.

What are your initial impressions, @mjazzg? Just curious.

Now streaming: Sonora Ponceña - Explorando (Inca, 1978) That's always a bummer. . . . I hope you come across a copy soon!

NP: Randy Weston and His African Rhythms Trio - Zep Tepi (Random Chance, 2006) with Alex Blake (b) and Neil Clarke (perc) Weston revisits some of his most well-known compositions on this album: "Blue Moses," "African Sunrise," "Berkshire Blues," "High Fly," and the like.

I'm listening to it too. I hope that BBE obtained access to the master tapes and that the AQ is top shelf. Right now, I only have a blogosphere-sourced MP3 that I stumbled across many years ago. Also, this reissue makes me wonder whether perhaps BBE will be able to reissue other Japanese Victor albums in the future. For example, I would LOVE to see a reissue of Akira Miyazawa's Kiso.

Now playing: Kohsuke Mine - First (Philips Japan/BBE, 1970) with Masabumi Kikuchi, Larry Ridley, and Lenny McBrowne

I totally agree. It's an amazing record. So happy to hear this news! I've wanted this record for a long time.

Both last night and again today: Elvin Jones, Masabumi Kikuchi - Hollow Out (Philips JP, 1973) with Gene Perla (b) I've enjoyed this album for the last few years -- but suddenly it's opened up for me. Slow growers feel so good when they bloom out of the blue.

Next up: Roland Hanna - Glove (BlackHawk/Trio JP) with George Mraz and Motohiko Hino; recorded in 1977

More Lieb: The Dave Liebman Group - Turnaround: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010)

The Dave Liebman Group - Conversation (Sunnyside, 2003) with Vic Juris (g), Tony Marino (b), and Marko Marcinko (d, perc) Outstanding. This was a terrific band, one of Lieb's finest, imo. RIP Vic Juris. Speaking of Liebman . . .

These two albums were my gateway to jazz: First KoB and then Mingus at Antibes. I discovered both during my sophomore year in college.

More Peter Herbolzheimer: Waitaminute (MPS, 1973) I'm not familiar with those. Thanks for the heads-up.

Cool! This will be fun to hear. I think we're lucky that so many archival recordings from Europe are being made available; for example, the NDR series, the OTRF stuff, the recordings from Onkel Pös Carnegie Hall, and now this Dutch Jazz in Paradiso series. There are examples of archival releases from the U.S. -- like the Left Bank Jazz Society, the Penthouse, or the Keystone Korner -- but it seems like there's SO MUCH more from European sources. I suppose this is because these recordings were often made for radio broadcast in Europe. In any case, I'm glad that these sorts of thing are being released.

Now streaming: Remembering Peter Herbolzheimer: Sunshine and Bossa Nova (HGBS, 2 CDs) Tracks 1-9 originally released as My Kind of Sunshine (MPS, 1972) Does the person making that statement mean good musical quality or good audio/recording quality? Either way, it seems like an absurd thing to say. Yup. That Harold Land album is one of many examples that we could name.

NP: Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Puente Goes Jazz (RCA, rec. 1956) Timbales, Vibraphone – Tito Puente Alto Saxophone – Gene Quill Tenor Saxophone – Marty Holmes Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Nick Travis Guitar – Barry Galbraith Piano – Alvin Gellers Bass – Bobby Rodriguez Bongos – Mongo Santamaria, Willy Correa

I saw Christian McBride's New Jawn last night -- with Josh Evans (tr), Marcus Strickland (b cl, ts), and Nasheet Waits (d). It was an excellent show. I enjoyed it very much. It was at the City Winery, an Atlanta venue I'd never been to before. The set up sort of reminded me of Jazz Standard in NYC, but the City Winery is a little bit larger.

I'm listening to Triangle again: Excellent stuff.